Sr. Program Manager, IP Strategy

ASME; Livingston, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

ASME seeks a Senior Program Manager, IP Strategy to serve as the operational leader for establishing and executing the IP Strategy Office. You will manage strategic initiatives, coordinate cross-functional work, and drive governance processes across the enterprise.

You will provide executive-ready reporting, support AI governance activities, and help advance process automation and Knowledge Unit initiatives while aligning with Digital Transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7-10+ years of experience in program management, business transformation, PMO, governance, operations, or enterprise initiative leadership.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Executive-facing program management experience with dashboards, governance forums, and decision tracking.
• Experience creating intake processes, governance workflows, and KPIs.
• Experience in governance, risk management, knowledge management, or related enterprise functions preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 ecosystem and PM tools for dashboards and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic initiatives under the IP Strategy Office roadmap.
• Coordinate licensing inventory, governance framework, AI/SLM processes, and automation opportunities.
• Administer centralized intake for licensing inquiries and governance requests.
• Maintain routing logic, decision trees, escalation pathways, and governance workflows.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution with Legal, IT, CRO, CX, Publishing, and Business Units.
• Promote IP governance processes through stakeholder engagement.
• Support licensing inventory, rights classifications, risk assessments, and remediation activities.
• Develop executive dashboards and governance reporting for leadership.
• Prepare executive materials for leadership, board, and advisory audiences.
• Support AI governance processes and automation opportunities.
• Coordinate KU/MKU pilot activities and integration with planning.

Skills

Strategic program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Governance & KPI development

Process improvement

Communication & stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real-world challenges. Founded in 1880 as The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a nonprofit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education, and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. From college students and early-career engineers to project managers, corporate executives, researchers, and academic leaders, ASME's members are as diverse as the engineering community itself.

ASME is seeking a strategic and highly organized Senior Program Manager, IP Strategy to serve as the operational and programmatic lead supporting the establishment and execution of ASME's IP Strategy Office. This role will manage strategic initiatives, coordinate cross-functional work, oversee intake and governance processes, and drive disciplined execution of the IP Office operating model. The Senior Program Manager will provide executive-ready reporting, support intellectual property and AI governance activities, and help advance process automation and Knowledge Unit initiatives across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage strategic initiatives established under the IP Strategy Office roadmap, maintaining integrated program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision points across workstreams.
• Coordinate delivery of licensing inventory and assessment, governance framework implementation, AI/SLM response processes, pilot and readiness initiatives, and process automation opportunities.
• Administer centralized intake for licensing inquiries, AI/SLM use requests, derivative-use requests, governance certifications, and enterprise guidance requests.
• Maintain routing logic, escalation pathways, decision-support documentation, engagement triggers, decision trees, and governance workflows.
• Coordinate execution across Legal, Information Technology / DoC, CRO, CX, Standards, Publishing, and Business Units, including working groups, meetings, follow-up actions, dependencies, and commitments.
• Promote adoption of IP governance processes through consistent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Support enterprise-wide licensing inventory and assessment efforts, maintaining visibility into agreement status, rights classifications, risk assessments, opportunities, and remediation activities.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards covering governance adoption, licensing inventory progress, AI inquiry volume and disposition, program milestones, KU/MKU implementation progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Prepare executive-ready materials for leadership, board, and advisory audiences, and support governance reporting and strategic communications.
• Support AI governance processes and documentation, identify workflow improvement and automation opportunities, and coordinate alignment with Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Coordinate KU/MKU pilot activities, data collection, baseline development, readiness metrics, reporting, and integration with portfolio and product planning activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7-10+ years of experience in program management, business transformation, PMO, governance, operations, or enterprise initiative leadership.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and significant organizational change.
• Executive-facing program management experience supporting strategic planning, executive reporting, dashboard development, governance forums, steering committees, and decision tracking.
• Experience creating and improving intake processes, governance workflows, escalation paths, business operating procedures, performance metrics, and KPIs.
• Experience supporting governance, compliance, risk management, knowledge management, data governance, intellectual property, content operations, publishing, standards development, or related enterprise functions preferred.
• Comfort working with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, project and portfolio management tools, workflow automation tools, dashboarding and reporting, process mapping, and AI-assisted productivity tools.

This role is eligible for a remote work arrangement. Periodic business travel may be required, including but not limited to, ASME offices, globally.

ASME is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. At ASME, we nurture an inclusive environment, and we encourage, support, and celebrate diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status, disability, or protected veteran, military status, or any other basis protected by law.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity policy pertains to every aspect of an individual's relationship with the organization, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training and development, promotion, programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Annual base salary may vary based on geographic location. The New York metro salary range for this position is estimated to be between $125,000 - $135,000 per year.

Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.